I was just reading this article on the main bellybelly site about TV and it got me thinking about TV and children. One of my friends calls her TV the electric babysitter (she's the baby!!) and I think that maybe in some houses its all to true.
How much TV is too much? At some stage I'm going to have to implement TV rules in my home. I was thinking that maybe we could have a 'TV budget' ie a certain amount of hours a week so that Yasin has to think about what he's watching and whether its worth including in his budget. I'm not sure how many hours a TV budget should be or if DVDs should be counted as part of the budget. Also I'm wondering if I should allocate some of the control over the budget to myself, maybe one hour a week so if I see a really good doco I can make it part of the TV allowance. I'm hoping to have more children so I can see arguments over the TV budget being an issue but also maybe a way of learning negotiating/compromising skills. Anyway I'm rambling and thinking out loud.
What if any TV rules do you have in your homes? Do you think we all watch too much TV these days?